The book won't be positive to Meghan. But will it be fair? Tina's Briwn was fair to her. But it does qppear there is a lot to criticise about how H and M conducted themselves. But that can still be a fair evaluation.
Is anyone else having problems accessing the Archive articles? I used to be able to access the articles for for the past few months it takes me to a site that wants me to purchase cloud storage and/or a domain name, the url is domflow. it /store/ cloudhosting - I added the spaces because I don't want anyone to click the link in case it is malware.
I have tried this on three browsers (Firefox, Edge and Chrome) with the same result.
Sam Kasher has a letter in the Times today pushing back against Bower's interview.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYBS5a6WQAw-qlV?format=jpg&name=large
I haven't read the book and don't intend reading it, but I gather from some of the reports that it claims that Meghan wanted to be on the 2013 series of Strictly Come Dancing, in order to boost her profile in the UK, and was actually offered an audition but turned it down because it clashed with the filming for Suits.
I find that very hard to believe. OK, the people on Strictly aren't A-listers, but they're usually familiar names, and very few people in the UK had even heard of Suits before Meghan began dating Prince Harry. I've never seen the programme so I'm not criticising it, just making the point that it wasn't well known. But, who knows, maybe it's true?
Bower himself admitted yesterday that he didn?t speak to any people who were friends of Meghan?s or who supported her. He stated it was because they refused to see him. So he was left with people who dislike her and have an axe to grind. And in spite of his hints before publication quite obviously Meghan?s ex boyfriend Corey and ex husband refused to speak to him about her either. Good for them.
Bower himself deeply dislikes Meghan. He has been taking potshots at her in interviews for over years. And when asked why his book would be unbiased due to never speaking to those who liked her he dodged the question and made the excuse that he didn?t put stuff in his book that couldn?t be proven. That doesn?t prove non-bias at all. And in fact his entire book is a ha*te piece against a woman he has never met and never spoken to. To say the least, not impressive for a serious author. He said today that he hoped his book would diminish the Sussexes. What a noble cause!
They couple met when Meghan, hired to wear Ralph Lauren clothing during Wimbledon, asked Violet von Westenholz, Ralph Lauren’s publicist who was a childhood playmate of Harry, to arrange a blind date.
It’s been known for ages that it was Violet who set Harry and Meghan up on a date. Violet’s father has been a friend of Prince Charles for years and Violet was a skiing companion of Princes William and Harry when they were teenagers. Meghan and Violet became close during Wimbledon in 2017.
https://www.vogue.com.au/celebrity/...e/news-story/dc8616773325e361482b3d2e46015b5e
But Violet was also close to Harry and had been for years. Her boyfriend Archie had been at Eton with Harry. I think there’s a danger of reading too closely into what Bowers says about how Harry and Meghan began dating. He wasn’t there and we don't know how exactly it was set up. I can’t imagine Violet giving Bowers a blow by blow account for his book. As far as I know she’s never spoken of it.
I remember the papers being full of rumours of Harry dating this girl and that after the Cressida Bonas romance ended and it could well have been Prince Harry who asked Violet if she knew anyone he might like in the summer of 2016, and she may have mentioned Meghan and set up a blind date.
“Hell no … no son of mine is going to be called dumb.”
OMG. How can any reasonable person begin to believe the author is fair and unbiased when he makes such vicious sniping comment, It's almost like it personal hate. In fact, how can anyone take him seriously as an actual author when he never interviewed the subjects nor any of their friends and acquaintances. As to the fact that much of the "research" was carried out by others, it seems he just 'phoned it in' so to speak. Journalists have been fired for that very thing.Not interested in reading the book. The author has knives out for the couple as stated at the link below where he says he hopes his book "hastens" their downfall. This view alone tells me that he has an agenda and that the book was not written objectively
https://www.newsweek.com/meghan-mar...er-hopes-book-brings-downfall-revenge-1726205
Whilst I can imagine some of Harry's old Etonian friends making snobbish, insular and even insulting things to Harry, there is no way I am going to believe they told Bower.But Violet was also close to Harry and had been for years. Her boyfriend Archie had been at Eton with Harry. I think there’s a danger of reading too closely into what Bowers says about how Harry and Meghan began dating. He wasn’t there and we don't know how exactly it was set up. I can’t imagine Violet giving Bowers a blow by blow account for his book. As far as I know she’s never spoken of it.
I remember the papers being full of rumours of Harry dating this girl and that after the Cressida Bonas romance ended and it could well have been Prince Harry who asked Violet if she knew anyone he might like in the summer of 2016, and she may have mentioned Meghan and set up a blind date.
I read in my newspaper that the book/Tom Bower points to the Duchess of Cornwall as the person who asked the question about Archie's background. According to Bower the Duchess had joked if the child would get a ginger afro.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/nati...d-if-archie-would-have-ginger-afro/ar-AAZPUfe